Memorandum presenting a turbojet engine with a two-stage turbine operated with pentaborane fuel continuously for 11.5 minutes at a simulated altitude of 55,000 feet at a flight Mach number of 0.8. The engine incorporated an NACA combustor designed specifically for use with pentaborane fuel. Results regarding oxide formation and deposition, engine operating point, effect of oxide deposits on component performance, effect of oxide deposition on overall performance, and some operational comments are provided.

From Summary: "The primary objectives of the investigation reported herein were to determine the effect of this new combuster design on boric oxide deposition on engine parts and to determine the effect of boric oxide on the performance of multistage turbine. Pentaborance fuel (approx. 130 lb) was used in the engine performance evaluation reported herein. The data presented herein show the engine component and over-all performance deterioration with operation on pentaborane fuel".

An engineering flowsheet has been prepared for the conversion of an aqueous slurry of cesium-zinc-ferrocyanide into a dry cesium chloride product by the calcination process. Flowsheet No. 1 defines a six-step batch-type calcination operation for processing the slurry into a dry powder for offsite shipment in bulk containers. Some of the advantages to this process are as follows: Product losses are expected to be small, estimated to be less than 0.03 percent; the equipment required to process a given number of curies per batch appears to be relatively small, compact, and simple; the process does not impose severe requirements for materials of construction; and requirements for process control and instrumentation are expected to be simple. There are two disadvantages to this process. First, the cesium-zinc-ferrocyanide precipitate is not considered economically filterable, hence, the separation of solids from liquids is encumbered. Second, the process, as outlined, if potentially hazardous because of the possible nitrate carry-over with the influent slurry. This nitrate may cause a rapid reaction in the calcination step. It is concluded that this flowsheet offers a satisfactory scheme for isolating radiocesium if the process is modified to preclude the possibility of nitrates or other unwanted oxidants from reaching the …

Report presenting an investigation of the ejection release characteristics of the MB-1 rocket from the missile bay of a model of the Convair F-106A airplane with its fin tips retracted at a simulated altitude of 18,670 feet. Successful ejections of the rocket were made at supersonic speeds by applying a combination of ejection velocity and nose-down pitching moment at release.

Report presenting an investigation of the ejection release characteristics of the MB-1 rocket from the missile bay of a Convair F-106A airplane. Results regarding pitching moment, ejections, release conditions, and missile trajectory are provided.

Memorandum presenting an investigation in the 27- by 27-inch preflight jet of the ejection release characteristics of the MB-1 rocket from the missile bay of a 0.04956-scaled model of the Convair F-106A. The MB-1 rocket was ejected with its fin tips retracted, for a simulated altitude of 18,670 feet at a Mach number of 1.59.

Report presenting the performance of two translating-double-cone inlets with contrasting rates of turning on the spike shoulder and corresponding cowl projected frontal areas of 40 and 20 percent of maximum compared over a range of Mach numbers. Results regarding internal-flow performance, external-flow performance, inlet airflow patterns, and propulsive-thrust comparison are provided.

Report presenting an investigation to study the origin and development of leading-edge cracking in turbine buckets made of six materials: S-816, M-252, Inconel 550, Inconel 700, Hastelloy R-235, and Jetalloy 1570. Some of the buckets were also given certain stress-relief treatments. Results regarding the development of leading-edge cracks, development of bucket fractures, comparison of performance for the material tested, macro- and microexamination of unfractured and fractured buckets,

The use of ion chambers or proportional beta counters is recommended for the measurement of Kr{sup 85} in separations plant gaseous effluent. It will be necessary to evaluate the Xe{sup 133} present if short cooling times (less than about 90 days) since irradiation are used. This can be accomplished through calibration and decay measurements. It is concluded that the Kr{sup 85} evolution could be determined to about {plus_minus}5% with careful measurements.

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Stress corrosion was found in 8 components of the HRT mockup; only of four of these actually shut down the loop. All of the failures have occurred in the high-pressure system of the loop.

Report presenting a procedure for integrating equations involving pressure, temperature, and density in order to analyze an expansion process that occurs when boric oxide from fuels condenses during expansion. An example is provided to illustrate the manner in which the equations can be used to analyze a one-dimensional expansion with phase equilibrium.

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